Rabbi Zerika (Hebrew: רבי זריקא) was an Amora of the Land of Israel of the fourth generation of the Amoraic era.
Biography He studied under R. Abbahu along with his colleague R. Yirmeyah.Babylonian Talmud, Yevamot 42b He was the student of Rabbi Ammi (his principle teacher), R. Shimon ben Lakish, R. Eleazar ben Pedat, and R. Judah ben Ezekiel. He used to copy Baraitas and arrange them.Yehudah bar Klonimus MiShapiro, "Yechusei Tanaim veAmoroim" He also cites Rav Huna's maxims. His colleague was Rav Zeira.Yerushalmi Beitzah 60c He was a colleague of Abba, with whom he decided the controversy of Judah ha-Nasi and Nathan on the problem whether the night should be divided into three or four watches,Yerushalmi Berachot 2d and by whom he was informed of a correction in a halakhic tradition given by Rabbi Ammi.Bava Batra 130b
In Babylonia, it was said that he had called Rav Safra's attention to the difference between the modesty of "pious Palestine" and the audacity of "bold Babylonia" on the occasion of the prayer for rain.Ta'anit 23b
No aggadic teachings of Zerika's have been preserved, the only saying ascribed to him actually belonging to Ḥidka, whose name was incorrectly transliterated "Zerika".Compare Hagigah 16a, where the correct name, "Ḥidka," is given
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